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    Accessory Dewelling Units: What Happens When State Law and HOAs Collide?
            
                
                    
                        Season 2025
                    
                
                
                    
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    As Trump Threatens Deportation, CA Democrats Grow Quieter on ‘Sanctuary’
            
                
                    
                        Season 2025
                    
                
                
                    
                        Episode 314
                    
                
            
        
        
            
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    SoCal Matters
            New Bill Aims to Speed up Housing Recovery
                
                    
                        
                            Season 2025
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 295
                        
                    
                
            
            
            Assembly Bill 239, by Assemblymember John Harabedian, aims to speed up housing recovery after disasters by creating a state-led task force. Based on a Texas model, it would coordinate federal, state, and local efforts, appoint a housing recovery leader, and track progress. The goal is to make rebuilding easier for communities affected by wildfires, like Altadena and the Pacific Palisades.
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            Law boosts density within a half mile of major rail and bus lines.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Supporters say it counters Texas. Opponents call it unconstitutional.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Federal agents detain people at CA courts despite a state ban.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Students and schools rebuild years after the deadly Camp Fire.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            State drafts fixes for charging, carpool access and diesel pollution.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Law reverts excise tax to 15% through 2028 to aid legal sellers.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Guidelines urge updated shots for 6 months+, and insurers must cover.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            New DMV lookup helps owners reclaim surplus from lien sales.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Some cities are ramping up efforts to ticket and tow vehicles that shelter homeless Californians.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Federal lawsuit says utility equipment sparked January’s Eaton Fire.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            UCLA links hydrogen sulfide odor to health risks around the Salton Sea.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Supreme court lifts curb on appearance-based stops, LA sweeps continue.
        
        
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    